Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (
GIFI
) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 10, 2013. A cash dividend
payment of $0.1 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 31, 2013.
Shareholders who purchased GIFI stock prior to the ex-dividend date
are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 6th
quarter that GIFI has paid the same dividend. At the current stock
price of $20.57, the dividend yield is 1.94%.

The previous trading day's last sale of GIFI was $20.57,
representing a -35.09% decrease from the 52 week high of $31.69 and
a 9.65% increase over the 52 week low of $18.76.

GIFI is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes
companies such as National Oilwel Varcol, Inc. (
NOV
) and Precision Castparts Corporation (
PCP
). GIFI's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's
profitability, is -$.57. Zacks Investment Research reports GIFI's
forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as -.32%, compared to an
industry average of 12.2%.